San Antonio Branch Naacp Voter Registration/Education Drive 2012

09/07/2016

http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/arrest-of-teens-at-whataburger-caught-on-camera-mother-raises-questions

KIRBY - A mom wants answers amidst the social media uproar over the arrest of two teens at a Whataburger. The mother of one of those teens says her daughter was eating inside the Whataburger in Kirby when deputies responded to a report of a fight outside i

08/19/2016

Just because the date on this is 2012 don't sleep the sentiment....stay WOKE...register to VOTE.....do what is necessary to register others to VOTE....organize folks to GET OUT THE VOTE.....our communities and lives depend on this....

06/22/2012

Okay folks we have about 2 and a half months to register folk for the 2012 presidential elections ... what those of us who are registrars need to be doing is to make a personal commitment to register folk we know might need special assistance - elders and young 1st time voters and make sure that the forms get turned in promptly and correctly..dot all the "i's and cross all those t's"....

05/29/2012

VOTE TODAY....YOU OWE A LOT OF FOLKS AND YOURSELF...EXERCISE YOUR MOST ELEMENTAL CITIZENSHIP RIGHT...

01/31/2012

Check out the NAACP's historic magazine...it hthecrisismagazias some wonderful articles. If you haven't yet this year, you should RENEW your NAACP membership
www.thecrisismagazine.com

01/02/2012

A voting rights story from 2011:

Since we are beginning a period of intense voter registration and education in which I fully intend to participate. I wanted to check on the status of my registration as a Deputy...you know being deputized to register voters. So I got on the but and headed towards the office where this process had taken place a couple of years before. Now you know I have difficutly with my knees sometimes and need a cane to walk really long distances ... so there I am on the bus with my bad knees and cane. I get off and run some personal errand before I to the County building housing the voter registration office so I have to walk about a quarter mile there. I get there and stand in line to ask my question about what floor the office is on..I am told that it is no longer in that building and is rather in another building about six or seven blocks away not reachable by bus easily . I follow the directions the clerk gave me and wind up on the other side of west hell...not at the appropriate building. So I get my self on the nearest bus which takes me to a transfer point and finally to the building where the voter registration office WHICH IS CLOSED UNTIL JAN. 3RD!

Now these obstacles are know where near as severe as the impediments faced by our ancestors and others during the 60s when the fight to secure voting rights was at its zenith...they are just aggravating and unnecessary and folks should be clear about the process, the location and the requirements for not only REGISTERING TO VOTER but BEING ABLE TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS OF HELPING OTHERS TO VOTE. nuff said...

01/02/2012

From NAACP.com website:
As 2011 comes to a close, the NAACP has launched a series of blogs, "10 Reasons to be a Part of NAACP", reflecting on our work this year and the year ahead. Each day, we'll feature a new blog on our social networks. View the entire "10 Reasons" series, and donate to the NAACP here.

December 10, the NAACP led more than 100 civil rights organizations in a march protesting the current, aggressive attack against voting rights during the Stand for Freedom Rally in New York City.

From the headquarters of Koch Industries to the United Nations, we raised our voice against the proposed, cunning laws that undermine our democracy. Early voting and Sunday voting are under attack, photo ID requirements will introduce the first financial and document barrier to voting since the poll tax, and racially-motivated bans on ex-felons will wipe at least 5 million people off the voting rolls. This effort is targeted toward African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans, students, working women, seniors and immigrants of all colors.

The Stand for Freedom Rally was the official start of a year-long educational and voter empowerment movement. Millions of dollars have been bankrolled across the country to change these laws and we will fight against this.

We need your help now. We cannot let the deaths of civil rights martyrs like Medgar Evers and Viola Liuzzo be in vain. We are moving full throttle into 2012 with voter registration, education, and other efforts. We will not stop until the voting rights of all citizens are fairly secured.

Donate to the NAACP today and join us in the fight to protect voting rights. Be empowered to make a long-standing impact.

01/01/2012

Check out THE COST OF FREEDOM [email protected]
http://bit.ly/costoffreedom

12/31/2011

Okay folks, here's the information on registering to vote in Bexar County. You can: register to vote: check whether or not your are already registered to vote: get a new voter registration card and change your registration information:
http://elections.bexar.org/Registration/registration.html

If you decline to register to vote the fact that you have declined to register will remain confidential and will be used only for registration purposes. If you do register to vote, the identity of the office (if applicable) at which you submitted a voter registration application will remain confide...

12/31/2011

Thought I'd share this website:http://projectvote.org/?gclid=CMrbraydra0CFYJdtgodQWJZKA

Project Vote is the leading technical assistance and direct service provider to the civic participation community. Since its founding in 1982, Project Vote has provided professional training, management, evaluation and technical services on a broad continuum of key issues related to voter engagement...

12/31/2011

It's your RIGHT to vote; it's your RESPONSIBILITY to register; it's your DUTY to know the issues and the candidates...